HSBC profits fall 14% as bank takes hit from Madoff lawsuit provision
UK bank sets aside $1.1bn for legal fight stemming from criminal enterprise that collapsed in 2008
UK bank sets aside $1.1bn for legal fight stemming from criminal enterprise that collapsed in 2008

UK bank sets aside provision for lawsuit stemming from history’s biggest Ponzi scheme

First-quarter income dips to $9.4bn, missing analyst expectations

Quarterly earnings fall 29% as stake in Bank of Communications is diluted

Lender announced plan last year to use $3.2tn balance sheet to muscle into alternative lending market

Move follows investigation into bank’s handling of trades between 2014 and 2019

Proceedings come as ailing business empire that owned Telegraph owes large debts